Using 137Cs and 210Pbex to assess soil redistribution on slopes at different temporal scales

Catena

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-54

  Gaspar, L ^a   Navas, A ^a   Walling, D E ^b   Machin J ^a   Gomez Arozamena J ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pbex; Fallout radionuclides; Mediterranean environments; Soil redistribution; Timescales

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EROSION RATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACER;

SPAIN;

EID: 84871921075     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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